Scarlett Fever

Watch An 11-Year-Old Scarlett Johansson Audition for Jumanji

Scarlett Johansson is having a busy month: her voice can be heard opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Her; her body can be seen plastered across billboards for the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier; and her endorsement of SodaStream can be found under scrutiny in a thousand and one think pieces. So—given the high ScarJo temperature in the cultural climate at the moment—it makes perfect sense that now would be the time that a video clip of her audition for Jumanji (!) from the 1990s would resurface.

Yes, this is an 11-year-old ScarJo (one more unearthed clip of a famous woman performing when she was 11, and we’ll have ourselves a verifiable trend!) auditioning for the role of Judy in the Robin Williams flick. Despite some appealing verve (her petulant “Would you forget about the stupid game?” is quite winning, in our opinion), ScarJo lost the part to none other than Kirsten Dunst. Close to two decades since they probably shared pleasantries in the waiting room (“That's a really pretty sweater!” “Thanks, I like your . . . braid!”), now both actresses have superhero franchises and Sofia Coppola films under their belts. So, keep that in mind, all you 11-year-old Kendra Madison McGees, sitting shotgun on the Los Angeles interstate right now, en route to an audition for a Kevin James comedy or Liam Neeson thriller.